At this time of year and throughout the year to come, I ask that before opening Christmas presents, all people take a few minutes to pray for the following:

I write to support that the City of Richmond provide a cleared palette at the corner of Broad and Adams streets on which a stately statue can stand in full honor and glory to the iconic image of Maggie Lena …

In another epic fail of the Obama administration, it was announced that women now will be given combat duty, as well as included in the draft, should one be reinstituted.

There’s a right way to enter the kingdom door. The thorns fall among the plants, choking them.

Ten years ago, I developed a plan for then Mayor L. Douglas Wilder to modernize Richmond’s public schools. At the time, City Council President Bill Pantele got it enacted into law.

Too many lawmakers do not want to listen to concerns of their constituents. Rather, they want to tell us what our concerns should be. Listening to us might cause them to have to hear about problems they have caused by …

Re “Playing the ‘Trump’ card,” Dec. 3-5 edition: I saw on national television how Richmond Pastor Stephen A. Parson Sr. was touting how he and many others were endorsing Donald Trump.

At a time when we, as a country, are mourning the victims of terror and war, some public figures are using the tragedy in Paris to promote a dangerous politics of fear. This is not a time for fear-mongering against …

As a new resident of Virginia coming from the North, I am amazed at how the “PC” revisionists are defaming 200 years of history and tradition with bands of the Confederate flag. Their total lack of knowledge and perspective is …

If black cops were killing white men and boys at the rate white cops are continuing to kill black men, boys and Americans of color in general in these United States, there would be a mighty roar emanating from the …

The Clean Power Plan issued this summer by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provides considerable flexibility to Virginia and other states to decide how to cut carbon pollution from coal- and gas-fired power plants to help reduce global warming.

Re: Editorial “Let us express our gratitude by welcoming others,” President Obama’s 2015 Thanksgiving Proclamation, Nov. 25-28 edition: I read President Obama’s poignant message. We are a country that is about 98 percent immigrant. I believe all children should be …

I feel profound sadness and dismay about the state of our athletic programs in Richmond. Having been born, raised, educated and employed here, I have witnessed our children being humiliated year after year with no end in sight. As Richmond’s …

Re “Special needs advocate appeals conviction, faces another charge,” Nov. 19-21 edition:

Expanding Medicaid in Virginia should be the dominant issue in the Virginia General Assembly session that begins in January.